Coronavirus: Vietnam’s Hanoi city barricaded; Malaysia to reopen Langkawi to domestic tourists

Bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs: everyday objects form makeshift barricades on Hanoi’s streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus.Vietnam’s capital has been in lockdown for more than a month but with daily case numbers refusing to budge, restrictions on movement have become even tighter.The city is now divided into tiny segments, with movement between each extremely difficult. “It is like living in a jail,” 72-year-old Hanoi resident Ho Thi Anh said…

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